Sara Bonifacio (born 3 July 1996) is an Italian volleyball player who plays for Igor Gorgonzola Novara.

Career

Bonifacio joined the amateur volleyball club of Alba in 2005 then she was recruited for Club Italia a junior team managed by

FIPAV The Italian Volleyball Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Pallavolo, FIPAV), is the governing body for Volleyball in Italy since 1946. The FIPAV has reported a significant increase in its membership numbers, with over 300,000 registered member ...

. She signed with

Igor Gorgonzola Novara AGIL Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Novara and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * AGIL Trecate (1984–1999) * AGIL Volley Trecate ...

in 2014. Bonifacio plays as blocker. She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.

Personal life

She was born in

Alba, Piedmont Alba ( pms, label=Piedmontese, Arba; la, Alba Pompeia) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is one of the main cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and M ...

to a Nigerian mother and Italian father.

Awards

Clubs

* 2014-15 Italian Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2016-17 Italian Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara

References

1996 births Living people People from Alba, Piedmont Italian women's volleyball players Italian people of Nigerian descent Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub